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Friday, 30 November 2012

Rev Malcolm Buchannan (1880-1954)

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Malcolm Buchannan was one of Whitby's characters.  An energetic High Church Anglican priest, his obituary from 9 July 1954 gives a ful...

'George Weatherill – his family, and their art' by the Rev Malcolm Buchannan

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This is the text of an address given by the Rev. Malcolm Buchannan, M.A., grandson of George Weatherill on October 7th, 1949. It is a deli...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

The artist George Weatherill (1810-90) and his children

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George Weatherill was born in Staithes in 1810 and died in Whitby in 1890.  His delicate, subtle watercolours of the Whitby area have alway...

The Weatherill family tree: compiled by Richard Weatherill (1844-1923)

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Excerpt from Richard Weatherill's manuscript Richard Weatherill (1844-1923) compiled a family tree from the memories of his father...
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Changing Guisborough market day: 1813

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From the Day Book of Thomas Jackson (1775-1834), farmer of Lackenby: June 10th 1813    I was sumas [summonsed] to appear at Guisbro on ...
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Mrs Lydia Metcalfe of Yarm, in 1784

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Yarm Town Hall, built 1710 A Deed donated to the Hutton Rudby History Society may be of interest to people looking for ancestors in Yarm...
Monday, 26 November 2012

Tom Brown of Kirkleatham & Yarm, hero of Dettingen

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William Hutton, in his A Trip to Coatham , gives a wonderfully vivid account of the story of Tom Brown, the hero of the battle of Dettingen ...
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